Ethan Barker is a racing driver from United States who competes in Zenith Racing Series for Nimbus Racing. Barker has recorded 12 wins and 28 podiums from 80 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,216 ranks Barker 6999th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
| 2026-08-01 | Watkins Glen International ZP2 | P1 | +153 |
| 2026-07-12 | Road America ZP2 | P2 | +111 |
| 2026-07-11 | Road America ZP2 | P3 | +75 |
| 2026-06-06 | VIRginia International Raceway ZP2 | P3 | +123 |
| 2026-04-26 | Barber Motorsports Park ZP2 | P6 | −2 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +202 | Circuit of The Americas 2022 | US F4 | P3 |
| +187 | Trans-Am R12 2023 | Trans-Am TA2 | P6 |
| +153 | Watkins Glen International 2026 | Zenith Racing Series | P1 |
| +148 | Barber Motorsports Park 2026 | Zenith Racing Series | P2 |
| +129 | SVRA 2024 | SVRA | P1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Zenith Racing Series | Nimbus Racing | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P3 | +743 | 3,216 |
| 2025 | ▸SCCA Majors | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | −82 | 2,473 | |
| ▸SCCA Runoffs | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +73 | |||
| 2024 | ▸SCCA Majors | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | −19 | 2,481 | |
| ▸SVRA | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +184 | |||
| ▸Trans-Am TA2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | +78 | |||
| 2023 | ▸SCCA Majors | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P29 | −47 | 2,239 | |
| ▸Trans-Am TA2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +187 | |||
| 2022 | ▸SCCA Majors | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | −458 | 2,099 | |
| ▸US F4 | Velocity Racing Development | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P16 | +633 | ||
| ▸NASA | Mazda Miata | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P99 | −310 | ||
| 2021 | ▸NASA | mazda miata | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | −288 | 2,234 |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | −758 | |||
| 2020 | ▸NASA | MAZDA MIATA | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +56 | 2,211 |
| ▸Trans-Am TA2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | +861 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Marc Cefalo | 2,442 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 14% |
| 🏳️ Vinnie Baratta | 2,030 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 8% |
| 🏳️ Angelica Sprehe | 1,591 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 38% |
| 🏳️ Christopher Shaffer | 1,757 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 18% |
| 🇺🇸 Jason Alder | 3,922 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% |
| 🇺🇸 Kamden Hibbitt | 3,579 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30% |
| 🇺🇸 Brandon KiddFIA Silver | 3,137 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 70% |
| 🏳️ Matthew Davis | 1,366 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% |
| 🇺🇸 Ryan ShehanFIA Silver | 3,887 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% |
| 🇧🇷 Gabriel Fonseca | 3,234 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% |
| 🇺🇸 Connor ZilischFIA Gold, 2× champion | 5,519 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| 🇸🇪 Linus LundqvistFIA Gold, 3× champion | 5,328 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇦🇺 Lochie HughesHigher-rated, 1× champion | 4,911 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6,989 | 🏳️ Jasmin Preisig | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,218 |
| 6,990 | 🇺🇸 Nicholas Rivers | US F4 | 3,218 |
| 6,991 | 🇺🇸 Stan Kohls | Pro Mazda Championship | 3,218 |
| 6,992 | 🇫🇷 Teddy Clairet | TCR World Tour | 3,218 |
| 6,993 | 🇺🇸 Ben Sloss | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,217 |
| 6,994 | 🇨🇭 Gino Forgione | Le Mans Cup | 3,217 |
| 6,995 | 🇦🇷 Juan Marcos Angelini | Turismo Carretera | 3,217 |
| 6,996 | 🇩🇪 Philipp Leisen | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,217 |
| 6,997 | 🇷🇺 Roman Mavlanov | 24H Series | 3,217 |
| 6,998 | 🇬🇧 Eric Thompson | Formula 1 | 3,216 |
| 6,999 | 🇺🇸 Ethan Barker | Zenith Racing Series | 3,216 |
| 7,000 | 🇩🇪 Leon Wassertheurer | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,216 |
| 7,001 | 🇵🇹 Francisco Macedo | Formula Regional European | 3,215 |
| 7,002 | 🇨🇦 Nick Looijmans | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,215 |
| 7,003 | 🇯🇵 Toshihiro Deki | Star Mazda Championship | 3,215 |
| 7,004 | 🇵🇱 Haydn Chance | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,214 |
| 7,005 | 🇺🇸 Joël Janco | IMSA Prototype Challenge | 3,214 |
| 7,006 | 🏳️ Kelly Gallant | Star Mazda Championship | 3,214 |
| 7,007 | 🇺🇸 Taylor Mayhew | ARCA Menards West | 3,214 |
| 7,008 | 🇺🇸 Will Kimmel | ARCA Menards Series | 3,214 |
| 7,009 | 🇨🇳 Zou Si Rui | GB3 | 3,214 |
Ethan Barker is a semi-professional driver, rated 3,215, who races multiclass, single-driver club racing in the United States, fields that run from amateur and semi-professional entrants up through graded professionals in the same race. Most of his starts have come in spec Mazda MX-5 Miata classes, SCCA Majors' SM and SMX and NASA's Spec Miata, and he currently drives for Nimbus Racing in the 2026 Zenith Racing Series.[1]
His most extensive record is in SCCA Majors, where he has taken two wins and eleven podiums from thirty-five starts across five seasons, split between the SM, SMX and T4 classes. In NASA, racing a Mazda Miata, he won eight times and podiumed eight times from nineteen starts, split between Spec Miata and Super Touring 6. He also spent a season in US F4 with Velocity Racing Development, taking a podium from nine starts, ran three seasons of Trans-Am TA2, added a win and two podiums from four SVRA starts in 2024, and took a podium from two SCCA Runoffs starts in 2025. He is currently racing for Nimbus Racing in the 2026 Zenith Racing Series, sitting third in the standings with a win and five podiums from the rounds run so far.[2]
His most frequent opponents, in SCCA Majors and NASA, are Marc Cefalo, a four-time SCCA Majors T4 champion, and Vinnie Baratta, both competitive amateurs with extensive records in those series; Barker usually finishes behind both. Against stronger opposition he has occasionally come out ahead: he has finished ahead of Connor Zilisch, an established professional and champion of the 2024 ARCA Menards East and 2025 NASCAR Xfinity titles, on two occasions, and ahead of Linus Lundqvist, an established professional with titles in GB3, Formula Regional Americas and Indy NXT, once.